Tony Strickland

Voters in Appalachian coal country will not soon forget that Democrat Hillary Clinton told an Ohio audience in March that she would "put a lot of coal miners and coal companies out of business."

"It was a devastating thing for her to say," said Betty Dolin, whose diner in this mountain hamlet offers daily testament to the ravages that mining's demise has visited upon families whose livelihood depends on coal.

Mine closures, bankruptcies and layoffs are staples of lunchtime conversation for those who have not fled town in search of work. Like many fellow Democrats in the region, Dolin, 73, favors Republican Donald Trump for president, however rude he might...

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